Satun, or “Satoi” in Malayan meaning santol, was a sub district of Saiburi City at the beginning of the Rattanakosin period. In 1897, His Majesty King Rama V granted the title: Intendant Officer of the Saiburi Precinct to Phraya Saiburi Ram Pakdi Chao Phrya Saiburi (Abdul Hamid) and split Satun from Saiburi in accordance with the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909.